India's sugar production fell 3% to 299.6 lakh tonnes in the first six months of the 2022–23 marketing year ending in September, according to industry body ISMA.
Sugar output stood at 309.9 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period of the previous year.
The sugar marketing year runs from October to September.
As per the data, sugar production in Uttar Pradesh rose to 89 lakh tonnes during the October 2022–March 2023 period from 87.5 lakh tonnes in the year-ago period.
Maharashtra's sugar production fell to 104.2 lakh tonnes from 118.8 lakh tonnes, while output in Karnataka declined to 55.2 lakh tonnes from 57.2 lakh tonnes.
ISMA has projected production for 2022–23 at 340 lakh tonnes, compared with 358 lakh tonnes in the 2021–22 marketing year.
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